After weeks of speculation about "Supreme Guide" Ali Khamenei's strategy for dealing with the new Trump administration in Washington, it seems that he has opted for a cocktail of tantalizing pledges ...

Many tributes have been paid to the poet Michael Longley who sadly died last week, all of them richly deserved. His wonderful ...

The Australian daughter of Baha'i poet Mahvash Sabet is calling for the Australian government's support for her release from ...

Let us reclaim the true meaning of survival and strive for a vibrant, purposeful life. Together, we can create a world where ...

Aref “devoted his art to the people” and used poetry as an effective means of expressing political ideas and stirring emotions. A whole-hearted supporter of the constitutionalists, he left Iran for ...

There’s a lot packed into the small space, with classic Mexican, vegan and vegetarian riffs, and even some Persian ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof watched "There Is No Evil" with his own prison guards "seven nights in a row," he recalled ...

Set in Karaj, Iran in 2008, the play centers on a group ... Early on, Goli says that she likes English because “English does not want to be poetry like Farsi.” In the same breath, though ...

Some fear we’ll be buried in brimstone; others expect to be extinguished by A.I. But is there comfort to be found in our ...

Questions of identity, belonging and understanding are woven through “English,” Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer-winning drama, which is making its Broadway premiere.

Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...

I write this as Israel’s genocidal practices seem unstoppable, with no ceasefire in Gaza or Jenin. I am trying to fathom the ...